Balloons and the Border: 2024 GOP Primary Contenders Tear into Biden’s State of the Union Unity Message

Likely 2024 contenders were quick to respond when President Biden’s State of the Union address, which he advertised as a call for unity, veered into partisan attacks.

Standing before a joint session of Congress, Biden accused Republicans of wanting to “take the economy hostage” in the debt-ceiling negotiations: “Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset.”